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The systematic & planned extermination of an entire national, racial, political, or ethnic group

SOCOIAL DARWINISM

Social theory by Darwin on evolution applied to determine social class (strong survives, weak do not, Europeans the best)

COMMUNISM

System of government in which every one is equal, property is owned by the government (people)

POPULISM

A political philosophy supporting the right & power of the people in their struggle against the privledged elite

CAPITALISM

Economic system where means of production & distribution are privately or corporately owned, profits gained in free market

FASCISM

System of government,under the authority of a dictator, through suppression of the opposition by means of terror and censorship

COLLECTIVE SECURITY

System for international peace

EMBARGO

Prohibition by a government on certain/all trade w/ a foreign nation - method of pressuring a nation diplomatically

INFORMATION REVOLUTION

Revolution that allowed the increasing availability of information due to the use of things like computers, internet and other technologies

WORLD DEPRESSION

A worldwide economic downfall, started before 1929, but different time in differt countries. Basically, all countries were affected, worst hit was the industrialized countries

MOHANDAS GANDI

Political leader of India, played a key role in gaining independence for India through non-violent protest, boycott, etc..

ADOLF HITLER

Leader of Germany and Nazi Party. Started WWI in Europe.

VLADAMIR LENIN

Founder of Bolsheviks and leader of Russian Revolution. First leader of USSR.

MARGARET THATCHER

First woman to serve as British Prime Minister. Conservative - symbolized shift away from welfare economy in Great Britain.

MIKHAIL GORBACHEV

Soviet leader who brought an end to the Cold War through his foreign policy. Glasnost, Perestroika

GAMAL NASSER

Led social revolution in Egypt in 1952. Army officer, politician who served as Prime Minister (1954 - 56) & President 1958 - 1958). Nationalized the Suez Canal. Precipitated international crisis in 1956.

NELSON MANDELA

Led African National Congress in S. Africa. Imprisoned. Became S. Africa's 1st democratically elected president in 1994.

symbol of the Iron Curtain (separate E. Berlin from West Berlin) prevented E. Berliners access to West / came down in 1989

BRINKMANSHIP

Intro. during Cold War, policy or practice, esp. in international politics & foreign policy, of pushing dangerous situation to brink of disaster in order to achieve most advantageous outcome by forcing opposition to make concessions. During Cold War - threat of nuclear force was often used as deterrent

COALTION

Allaince b/tn entities (nations, states, groups). US used diplomacy to create a wide coalition of support. In Post Cold War war alliances & coalitions were always shifting. OPEC is most successful coalition in history. After WWII - coalition gov't in China encouraged, but communists won in 1949

COLD WAR

US (democracy) vs. Soviet Union (totalitarian communist). Lasted nearly 50 years, 1945 - to early 1990's. US & Soviets vied for global domination & tried to pull the rest of the world into the conflict. Arms race b/t 2 nations

COLLECTIVIZATION

Part of Stalin's Five Year Plans / took over private farms & combined them into state-owned enterprises & created large, nationalized factories

CONTAINMENT

Where the US prevented spread of Communism by estblishing the Truman Doctrine to aid nations threatened by communism

CUBAN MISSLE CRISIS

1962 - Soviets installing missles in Cuba & Pres. Kennedy established naval blockade around Cuba. If missles were launched US would retaliate against Soviet Union. Soviets backed down & Americans promised not to invade Cuba.

CULTURAL REVOLUTION

Goal - discourage a privlieged rules class from forming, he instituted reforms that erased any influence from West, intellectuals were sent to collective farms for "cultural retraining", political dissidents were imprisoned or killed. Mao's "Little Red Book" became a symbol of forced egalitarianism.

FIVE YEAR PLANS

Stalin discarded New Economic Policy (NEP) OF Russia & imposed the 5 Year Plan(s) & collectivization played a huge part

GENEVA CONFERENCE

France lost battle at Dien Bien Phu, signed a treaty in 1954. Nations of Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam were created & Vietnam was divided north / south - elections followed in 2 years